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'Normalization' is the rather cumbersome jargon for what seems to be happening in the Middle East. For the time being, it's to do with expectations. Bahrain and the United Arab [...]

Aged 59, Jamal Khashoggi was a member of a well-known family in Saudi Arabia. A journalist, he wrote critically about the Saudi king and the crown prince, Muhammad bin Salman, [...]

The article focuses on the foreign relations between the United States and Saudi Arabia. The key to winning the war against Islamic terror is helping moderates win the political struggle within Islam. The early stages of the war on terror showed much promise in this respect. Since then, however, the U.S. has failed to pursue a political strategy aimed at de-legitimizing the ideology of Islamic terrorism and undermining the terrorists' sources of support. It is becoming increasingly clear that the reason for this failure is the U.S. unwillingness to risk breaking off friendly relations with Saudi Arabia.

* The headline in the (London) Telegraph said a lot: 'Saudi crown prince defends China's right to put Uighur Muslims in concentration camps.' Between a million and 2 million of [...]

In the latest demonstration of American tech and entertainment companies caving to de facto censorship by autocratic foreign governments, Netflix has pulled from its feed to Saudi Arabia content that [...]

President Trump found his tail in a crack, and he extracted it clumsily. Turkish sources allege that the CIA has a recording of Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman telling [...]

The article discusses the significance of the change in the foreign policy of the U.S. toward Saudi Arabia. The policy should be obtain the cooperation of Saudi Arabia. The U.S. government should demonstrate appreciation to the Saudis' contribution to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Plans to build bases in Riyadh must be explained that it is not the intention of the U.S. to invite disaster. Denying the request of Saudi for military equipment is a step to protect the interests of the West. A strategy for taming the Saudis must be included in any energy policy.

The article examines the relationship between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia in 1980. The U.S. is using Saudi Arabia to improve its relations with countries in the Persian Gulf. The building up of Egypt suggests that the administration of U.S. President Jimmy Carter has hit on an Egypt-Saudi Arabia axis as the next scheme to shore up in the gulf. The production of oil in Saudi Arabia is obviously beneficial to the U.S. The Saudi rulers must be made to understand that they must forgo a few of their billions for the sake of self-preservation.

It took nearly three weeks for the Saudis to acknowledge the obvious, that Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was dead after disappearing in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. The official [...]

The Saudi dictatorship has arrested at least 15 women's rights activists, including Samar Badawi. She is the sister of Raif Badawi, the most prominent political prisoner in Saudi Arabia. His [...]

Saudi crown prince Mohammad bin Salman visited Cairo in a spirit of love and peace, as the official Egyptian spokesman put it. Hmmm. The crown prince is hoping to persuade [...]

Congress voted to enable private litigants--the most sympathetic imaginable, families of 9/11 victims--to sue the Saudi government for complicity in terrorism. The move stems from an understandable impulse. Saudi financial [...]

When President Trump stopped in Saudi Arabia, he received, from King Salman, the Collar of Abdulaziz al-Saud. Gone are the days when James Madison said, of George Washington, that 'splendid [...]

Presents the poem "After You, Alfonse," by W.H. von Dreele.

The article comments on several political issues all over the world as of March 1980. It suggests a strategy in dealing with Saudi Arabia, now that they have allowed a U.S. build up in the Gulf region. It discusses the burning of the French embassy in Tripoli, Libya. It looks at the claims of Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Zhang Wenjim that the Soviet Union is promoting nuclear disarmament and detente in order to practice armament and aggression.

This article highlights the emergence of the Arab countries in the community of world powers. The attention given by the U.S. and Western powers to the move of Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia to impose oil embargo on the world market is an indication that Arab countries have joined the community of world powers. The Arab oil embargo is the very manifestation of the power of Arab countries to influence the world community. This event will make U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East more complex. The U.S. need to balance its commitment to the security of Israel and commitment to Saudi Arabia on removing Soviet Union's influence on the region.

Reports that Saudi Arabia's decision to align with United States foreign policy in relation to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait is crucial. Deployment of U.S. armed forces in Saudi Arabia; Need to reach a strategic understanding about petroleum supply, oil prices, and the actions of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries; Treaty to bind the price of Saudi Arabian oil to the price of oil at Galveston, Texas.

Discusses the case in which the House and the Senate overwhelmingly voted against the Administration's proposed sale of tactical missiles to Saudi Arabia. Rejection of the sale due to Capitol Hill's excessive fixation on the Arab-Israeli conflict; Misplaced but understandable resentment of Arab condemnation of the U.S. air strike against Libya.

The article focuses on the role of Saudi Arabia in the settlement of the territorial conflict in Palestine, particularly East Jerusalem. Any settlement regarding the area should be satisfactory to Saudi Arabia. In a way, they can destroy the economy of Egypt and weaken the United States and Western Europe. The Saudis do not want East Jerusalem to be exclusively under Israeli control. Very little media attention has been given to the conflict in Jerusalem.